Refrigerator.



A. A. QUINN. REPRIGBRATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED Mu 1o, 1912.

"Patented June 30,'1914.

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INVENTOR eg 4 'BY -Afrroknvs @QM MW milanesi: a. emitir, or Pirrsntmen,PENNSYLVANIA.i

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11:) 17 infront 'it may con cern E it known that i, Aninnose A. Quinn, acititeu oi' the United States of America, zesiding at Pittsburgh7 in thecounty of iieiiy and State of Pennsylvania, have ited certain new anduseful Improve in lie't'rigera-to1s, of wliieli the fol- 4 is aspecification, refere ce being herein to the accompanying drawing. sinvention relates to refrigerators, prinn y object of my invention is toide a refrigerator with rotar 'eonipart ments that are provided withslielves and iaclcs for supporting various articles within therefrigerator.

tui-ther object o this invention is to provide a reiiigerator with arotary carrier that pei-nuts of meats, vegetables andother articlesbeing easily obtained from the refrig rater.

i still farther object of this invention is lil l provide a rotaryrefrigerator that can e advantageously used by restaurants and as ahousehold article for oompactly holding' a large quantity of artieles/lilith -the above and` other objects in View, the invention residesiln anovel construetior combination and' arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then ciainied.

Tiefer-ence will nowbe had to the drawings, wherein like numerals denotecorresponding' parts throughout the several views. in

.=n the iine Vil-VlI of Fig. 3, and Fig. is 1 view taken on the line ver.ciition comprises a shell preferably cylindriral, and nitide in twosections. a base seetion il and a top section 2, The 'oase section i isprovided .with door-ways that are no"- ina 'osed by doors 35 t and 5,said doors .j d to the shell whereby they can poned and closed. The topseozs a, horizont-'a1 bottom-plate that is Specification of LettersPatent. 1 Patentd J 1,9 1'48 Application tiled Iiay lo, 1912. SerialNo..696,389.

bottoni plate is offset, so that'a portion' eratory agent.

Aprovided with depending' Hanges Trav-ated' or otherwise connected tothe Ivtop seotion-` 2 as at 8. The flanges 7 extend belowthe lower endof the section 2 aiidditfintothe. upper end of the base vsection l.vvThesidf thereof designated as 6 lies in ai lane-gpar' allel with, but.above the remain er of the' plate, .such remainder beinidesignatedfasa.. 5515!.' Formed integral with the l(bottom=plate"6 atapoint where tlielatter is offset is .vrtica partition 10 that dividesthe topsectioi into two compartments lland -12,-thefomierf being ofaless-size: than the latter.4 '.Tlieqo if compartment ll is adaptedtoholdw tern-"t and the con'ipartuient 12 accomniodates".anf:l rcfrigeiatoryagent, asice. 'lhe-upp'eredgellf ol the partition l() carriesaflongitudil'rallwl bar 13 and hinged to said .bar,l3as':at 14iai'e.=7'5 l' lidsI 15 and 16 closing the coinpartilnentsll and 12respectively. r1.2 'llieportion 9 of the bottom plate, within thecon'ipartinent 12supports va-,.`pipe 1.7 vone end of which extendsthrough-the portionf, (i ot' the bottoni plate in theoompartment li andis in comniuncation'witli lSayid coni"-J pai-tinent, whereby water canHow Ifrom said` compartment into the pipe 17. Thesdpp'o site end of thepipe 17 extends through the" wall of the top section 2 and 'is providedwith a faucet or spigot 18,` `'lliepipel l's'4 doubled bark and forth toprovide 4xa'sgil ies of turns all lying in the same planegasfbest seenin Fig. Arranged upon thefpipev 17 in a. elatted support 19 for -iceor-the Vrefrigplate has a drain pipe 2 the bottoni of the-refrigeratorwhereby waste water within the vcoi'npartme` 1' 12will 55;ft be conducted to a drip-parli 2l', slidably mounted in guides 225carried byitrjliottonr" plate 23 arranged in the base sectionl andremoved troni the loweredges of'saidbaj's'e sertion. `as best Shown inin had to tlio'di'ip-pan-Ql by opening door and said drip-pan 4hasahandle whereby it can be easily rem'ovedfroni 'the-A haar section l ofthe refrigerator.

lhe top of the bottom plate 23 is fitted 105 with a l-eiitral conicalshaped bearing 25 and with a circular rail 26 that surrounds the bearin25. Movable upon the rail 26 are a plurality of grooved rollers27'carried by the bottom plate 28 of a rotary container 29. 110 Theybottom plate of said container has a depending sooket meinber- 80 toreceive the up:

per end of the central bearing 25. The container 29 is circular and of aless diameter than the shell of the refrigerator. The con` tainer has ahorizontal partition 81 and a vertical partition 32, said partitiondividing the container into compartments 33 and 34. The partition 31within the Compartment 34 is slotted as at 35 to provide. slats wherebyair can freely circulate 'in the lower part of thecontainer and in thecompartments of the casing. The container 29, between the bottom plate28 thereof and the partition 3l, is provided with vertical equallyspaced snpports 36 for shelves 37 and 38, the latter being approximatelyhalt' the size in plan, of the former. Easy access is had to thecompartlnents` 3H and 34 and the/space in the lower part of the housingthrough the lnediurn lof door-ways 3l) that are normally closed by hingedoors 40. [n order that the doors 4,0 -an be, opened, the container 29is revolved whereby the doors 4() will register with kthe door-waysclosed by the doors 4 and by openirngr the doors -ithe doors 40 can beeasily swung to an open position. To facilitate revolvingl the container29, the outer sideof saidl container is provided with hand grips or withhandles 41. The container 29 is of a less height than the base section lof the refrigerator and located upon the top of the container is acylindrical easingT 42 that has the top 43 thereof provided'with acentral bearing 44 adapted to 1 engage in a depending socket 45, carriedby the portion 9 of the bottom plate ot' the section 2. The easing 42has U shaped horizontal door-ways or guides 46 in which are slidablymounted drawers 4T. Each drawer has n hinged lid 48 whereby matter canbe easily placed in said drawers. lhe door-\vays 4G are dialnetrirallyopposed as best. shown in Fig. 6 and are ronnerted by a vertical web 49.This web supports a horizontal shelf o0. The arrangement of thedoor-nays 46 provides compartments 5l and l and said doorwvays Withinthe rompartnu-nl 5l are provided with brackets 523 for a transverse boxor rark 54 upon which any desired articles can be suspended. The top ot'the eontainer 29 upon `which the easing 42 rests is slotted orperforated as at 55 to insure a rrrulation of air throughout thecontainer 29 and the casing 42. y

Easy access is had to the compartments ol and 52 through the medium ofhinged doors 56 and these doors can be readily opened when the containeris turned so as to bring either door 56 opposite door Si.

1,10 been The drawers 47 are provided with 4'faucets i tion 2, entiretop section can be thor-4 oughly cleaned.

From the foregoing it will be observed that Ihave devised a novel rotaryrefrigerator that is located in a shell that provides Van air spacewhich prevents Warm air upon the exterior of the shell troni affectingthe temperature of the various compartments and'drawers in the rotaryportion of the refriverator. The entire structureI can be maidifof lightand durable metal, enameled or otherwise finished to present a neat andattractive appearance.

While in the4 drawing, there is illustrated a preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements aresusceptible: to such changes7 as in the size, proportion and manner ofassemblage, without departing from the scope of the; appended claim. Thehorizontal .partition with its integral vertical extension 10 .servingas a partition, and its` depending bearing socket greatly facilitatesthe assembling of the reroluble container and other elements within thecylindrical shell and in sores an easy turning of the container.

` What I claim iszln a refrigerator, the combination with a cylindricalshell. of a horizontallydisposeri fixed partition within the shell nearthe upper end thereol` having* an integral vertical extension serving'as a partition, and a bearing' socket depending centrally from saidhorizontal partition, a bottom provided with a centralnpwaidly-projecting eonieal stud. a circular rail on said bottomsurrounding said stud` a revoluble container, a casing;

therein provided at its top with a contrai.

conical stud fitting said depe'xdiitgr hearing, and grooved rollerssupported below the bottom of the container, said conical studs beingvertically alined to support and sustain the weight ot' the container inils pivotal movement.

ln testimony whereof l aflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

AMBROSE A. QlllNN.

Witnesses MAX H. Suonovrrff.,

K. H. Birrinn. I

